Edible Birds Nest

Thứ Sáu, 20 tháng 7, 2018

Choosing Good Edible Birds Nests

Edible Birds Nests are mainly produced in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and Hainan Province in Southern China. The texture and taste of Edible Birds Nest vary with the swiftlet’s habitat. Compared with cave nest, farmed nest is cleaner, softer and smoother in texture; and thus, shorter soaking/stewing time. Cave nests are mainly found in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, whereas house nests are mostly produced in Indonesia.

Good Edible Birds Nests should possess one or more of the following qualities:

•Fine and firm texture
•Thick and big size, boat-shape
•Slight fishy smell
•Dry touching feel (little moisture content)
•Minimal amount of feathers
•Smaller edge size

Choosing Good Edible Birds Nests

Edible Birds Nest to avoid:

•Fake Color
It has been known that some unethical businessmen apply bleach or fumigate to low-value white Edible Birds Nest to change its color to red or yellow, so as to disguise it as high-value bloody red or yellow Edible Birds Nest. It is hard to sort them out (by layman) before soaking. Experienced customer could differentiate by Edible Birds Nest’s unique natural color. Cut out the Edible Birds Nest corner portion after expansion through soaking, it will appear in white color.
Fortunately, Company’s Nests are 100% natural white in color, without the use of chemicals or bleaching agents.
•Additives
Glued Edible Birds Nest is usually found in cup-shape Edible Birds Nests. Unethical businessmen apply flour, egg white, fish glue powder, glue powder, gum, starch or other gelling agents to mend the cracks on Edible Birds Nest. These kinds of gluing materials bear a little vinegar taste and can cause the soaking water to become turbid and slightly sticky.
By apply these additives, loose Edible Birds Nest threads on its inner body will become tight and its body surface will look glossy without any cracks. This kind of Edible Birds Nest is not easy to be broken. Consumers will have to pay more for the 20-30% extra weight, not to mention the additives they have to digest.
Our customers can be rest assured that Company’s Nests’ Edible Birds Nests are free of any additives.
•Algae Edible Birds Nest
Commonly found in the marketed Edible Birds Nest cakes or cakes made of Edible Birds Nest threads. Algae is cut into thin threads, bleached and mingled with Edible Birds Nest cakes or Edible Birds Nest threads. They are hardly detectable. Algae Edible Birds Nest is flawless white, barely lustrous, rough and stiff. Hardly detectable though, the best way to differentiate is by its smell since algae Edible Birds Nest usually bears a little acidic scent, especially after soaking.
Company sells only 100% pure Edible Birds Nests. Our staffs are happy to explain to you in details about Edible Birds Nest knowledge and help you to differentiate genuine and fake Edible Birds Nest.

Edible Birds Nest for Sale

We supply Edible Birds Nests to China as well as people of Chinese communities residing all over the world

Edible Birds Nest for Sale

Company is a pioneer of Edible Birds Nests in Malaysia. If you are looking for Edible Birds Nest sales in Malaysia, you can contact us through phone or email for authentic and highly nutritious Edible Birds Nests. We also hold seasonal promotions for Edible Birds Nests. High discounts can be availed at those times. If you are a customer or an agent, you can place orders for whatever quantity of Edible Birds Nest you require.
We supply Edible Birds Nests to China as well as people of Chinese communities residing all over the world. We ensure that quick delivery is processed so that you receive fresh products. In case, you want to place bulk orders, you can pre-order and make a fraction of advance payment. When the order is ready, you can get it delivered..

Since Company is an authorized and approved company from Malaysia, we also take care of basic licensing and documentation such as health certificate, certificate of origin, export permit and all other documents from the Government of Malaysia. If you hesitate to process the papers through the web of Chinese government, you can leave this pain to us. We will take care of everything so that you can reap maximum benefits.

Buy Edible Birds Nest

Company offers only the authentic, highest quality Edible Birds Nests. We are the pioneers of Edible Birds Nests in Malaysia. You can buy a complete range of Edible Birds Nests from us, which include unprocessed Edible Birds Nests or raw Edible Birds Nests, and processed Edible Birds Nests or clean Edible Birds Nests. The nests are available in various shapes and sizes such as strips, whole pieces, cakes, pieces, balls and broken pieces.
Edible Birds Nests are praised for their innumerable health benefits. We create our products naturally from the birds from Southeast Asia. Swiftlet’s Edible Birds Nest is an expensive delicacy of China and many other Asian countries from many centuries. If you know the right method to consume it, you can reap its health benefits, enhance your beauty, and delay your ageing process.
Company does not indulge in unfair practices for creating Edible Birds Nests. We are strictly against earning profits from unfair means and we keep the health of our consumers as top priority. You can trust our company for authentic products, which are created under the strict guidelines laid by the Malaysian government. You can buy the products for yourself as a Edible Birds Nest buyer as well as for trading in China. We also take care of documentation required for exporting Edible Birds Nests in China.

Edible Birds Nest Benefits

Edible Birds Nest of swiftlets is one among the major food supplements of a Chinese diet. It is a precious food product, which is eaten with great love.

Among the tremendous benefits of Edible Birds Nests, let us look at a few of them:

– Lungs get nourishment from Edible Birds Nests and hence, are relieved of many ailments that are caused due to contaminated foods and alcohol.
– The nest also dissolves phlegm and prevents cough, providing a clearing and nourishing effect.
– It is a proven effective medicine for treating and regulating weaknesses. Patients who are recovering from serious ailments can receive tremendous benefits from Edible Birds Nest because it boosts immunity.
– Edible Birds Nests contain rich collagen water-soluble protein that stimulates cell growth in the immune system and hence increases metabolism.
– It inhibits gastric acids and promotes circulation of blood in the body.
– It strengthens the heart and enhances appetite, which is again beneficial for recuperating patients.
If the Edible Birds Nest is consumed by pregnant women, it helps to stabilize pre-natal and post-natal stages and nurtures the fetus.
– Along with proven health benefits, Edible Birds Nest nutrition is also proven to maintain skin tone because of its constituents such as mucosaccharides.
– Edible Birds Nest contains anti-oxidants, which have detoxifying effects on the body.
– The epidermal growth factor of Edible Birds Nests stimulates reproduction and regeneration of cells.
– It is even helpful in curing lung cancer.
– The Edible Birds Nest has a sweet and mild taste, which has neither too hot nor too cold effects on the body.
– The Edible Birds Nests are proven to nourish the lungs, kidneys, and stomach.
– They are also helpful in aiding better circulation of oxygen in the body.
– Even if you consume the nests in large quantities, you will not see any side effects on your body.

Edible Birds Nest Benefits

Edible Birds Nest Effects

The nests of Swiftlet bird have a lot of positive effects on our body. The health benefits of this unique creation by the little bird are tremendous:
1. Edible Birds Nest nourishes the lungs and prevents cough in the body. It also reduces pathologic changes that occur because of the ailments in lungs. Such ailments include blood in the phlegm, asthama, coughing out blood, sweating, bronchitis and low flushing.
2. Edible Birds Nest nourishes the kidneys, warms up the stomach and stops vomiting. It also treats upset stomach, retching, and borborygmus.
3. Edible Birds Nest contains various amino acids, which improve wisdom in children as well as infants. The amino acids also enhance physique and thinking ability during the stages of growth. It gives a rosy complexion to the kids and prevents the growth of pimples forever.
4. If the Edible Birds Nest is consumed by pregnant women, it helps stabilize pre-natal and post-natal stages and nourishes the fetus.
5. Edible Birds Nest is a natural food that increases production of saliva. The amino acids contained in it possess inhibitive and resistive effects for cancer of the esophagus, pharynx, liver, and intestines.
6. Edible Birds Nest helps endure the complications of radiotherapy and chemotherapy like dryness in throat, constipation, sore throat, and nausea.
7. Edible Birds Nest nourishes the skin; making it soft, supple, lustrous and elastic. It can be consumed by elder people to enhance their beauty. It also reduces wrinkles and has rejuvenating effects on skin.
8. Edible Birds Nest contains anti-oxidants, which have detoxifying effects on the body. Consuming Edible Birds Nest over a long period slows down the process of ageing.
9. Edible Birds Nest relieves from fatigue of work or studies and also enhances memory.
10. It also consists of elements that improve cardiac operations and reduce pressure on heart.
11. It is also very effective in the treatment f cirrhosis and Hepatitis-B.

Fake vs. Real Edible Birds Nest

Consumers’ Guide to Choosing Real/Natural Edible Birds Nests:

•Avoid Colored Edible Birds Nests

All colored (i.e., blood red, yellow, etc.) Edible Birds Nests are fake. All colored nests are ordinary Edible Birds Nests that have been dyed, resulting in excessive nitrite levels. (http://foodsafety.suencs.com/archives/18586). Some dishonest vendors apply red dye to their Edible Birds Nests in order to fetch higher prices. Nitrite is used as a preservative in curing meat, and to make meat redder. (http://foodsafety.suencs.com/archives/18686).

•Avoid Edible Birds Nests that are uniformly snow white.

The lower part of the nests is naturally darker than the body of the nests. Edible Birds Nests that are uniformly snow white most likely have been bleached with chemicals.

•Avoid snow white ‘wild/cave nests’.

Wild/cave nests are naturally darker than farmed nests as they contain higher level of impurities and debris. Snow white ‘wild/cave’ nests have been bleached with chemicals.

•Natural texture and fibers should be visible on the nest’s surface.

Natural/real Edible Birds Nests have dense texture on its surface. The texture is made up of noticeable irregular thick and thin fibers, the denser the better. The threads of the interior body should be loose and intercrossed. All Edible Birds Nest has to undergo feather and impurities removal process, thus creating tiny cracks in between threads. Therefore, a few cracks can be visible even on high quality Edible Birds Nests.
In contrast, fake and/or lower quality nests lack texture. Lower quality Edible Birds Nests are glued so as to lock up the water content, creating the appearance of dry-looking surface and thicker body. The glue makes it harder for the nests to be broken. Lacking texture, glue-treated Edible Birds Nest often has smooth and glossy surface, which is the result of the bonding of the gluing material and the Edible Birds Nest into a sheet.

•Natural nests have pleasant, elegant, egg like smell.

Natural Edible Birds Nest delivers a natural slight egg-like smell that intensifies after soaking. Fake Edible Birds Nests, on the other hand, (such as those made from pig’s skin or algae) do not deliver the natural egg-like aroma of real Edible Birds Nests. Fake nests have unpleasant odor, such as oily and/or algae smell. Lower quality nests that had undergone chemical treatment release unpleasant chemical odor after cooking.

•Feathers.

Minimal number of feathers should be found in soaked natural Edible Birds Nest. If there is none, chemical bleaching might have been applied on the nest.

Edible Birds Nest Recipes

Discover ways to cook Edible Birds Nest and preserve it's nutrients to maximize absorption to body.

Edible Birds Nest Recipes

1. Mango Pudding with Edible Birds Nest

Ingredients :
•8 grams (1 piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•1 mango.
•2 packs of pudding powder.
•560 ml of boiled water.
•340 ml of evaporated milk.
Method:
•Pre-soak and stew the dry Edible Birds Nest. See instructions.
•Peel and core mangoes, cut into small pieces.
•Mix beaten egg and 100ml evaporated milk together. Set aside.
•Put pudding powder into bowl first and fill in boiled water. Mix it.
•Put into 240ml evaporated milk, add mango pieces.
•Stir gelatin with boiled water, and put the mixture into the pudding-water bowl. Add milk and cool-boiled water. Add (pre-soaked and stewed) Edible Birds Nest, mango pieces and mix it. Let it sit and cool. Reserve some of Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) for topping.
•Put the mixture into small moulds. Refrigerate until it set (3-4 hours).
•Tap the molds gently to release the pudding on to serving plates. Put the remaining Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) with rock sugar on top of each pudding.
•Serve cold.

2. Almond Pudding with Edible Birds Nest

Ingredients:
•8 grams (a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•Almond extract.
•2 packs of pudding powder.
•560 ml of boiled water.
•340 ml of evaporated milk.
•Fruit cocktail (from a can).
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Drain the water using a strainer.
•Prepare rock sugar syrup. Put some rock sugar in a cooking pot and add 2 cups of hot water. Stir from time to time while simmering until the rock sugar melts completely. Generally, we recommend using 20 grams of rock sugar for every cup (250 ml) of water.
•Place the Edible Birds Nest in the bowl, then add rock sugar syrup.
•Steam for 30 minutes, then remove the water using a strainer.
•Put pudding powder into bowl first and fill in boiled water. Mix it.
•Put into 240ml evaporated milk, add 2 table spoons of almond extract.
•Stir gelatin with boiled water, and put the mixture into the pudding-water bowl. Add milk and cool-boiled water. Let it sit and cool.
•Put Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) with rock sugar on top of the almond pudding.
•Add fruit cocktail to the almond pudding.
•Serve cold.

3. Sugar Free Strawberry Jello with Edible Birds Nest

Ingredients:
•8 grams (a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•Sugar Free Jello powder.
•4 pieces of strawberries.
•4 cups of water.
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Drain the water using a strainer.
•Prepare rock sugar syrup. Put some rock sugar in a cooking pot and add 2 cups of hot water. Stir from time to time while simmering until the rock sugar melts completely. Generally, we recommend using 20 grams of rock sugar for every cup (250 ml) of water.
•Steam for 30 minutes, then remove the water using a strainer.
•Boil 4 cups of water. Remove from heat, then pour in the Jello powder. Stir until the powder completely dissolves.
•Put the mixture into moulds. Refrigerate until it set (3-4 hours).
•Put Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) with rock sugar on top of the Jello.
•Add slices strawberries.
•Serve cold.

Edible Birds Nest House

Edible Birds Nest houses are the places where breeding and nesting of swiftlet birds is encouraged. They are specially designed houses, which is designed such that it can accommodate maximum birds. The birds are given special conditions to live and breed comfortably in the nests that they make using their saliva. The saliva solidifies once it is exposed to air. Edible Birds Nest house’s environment and farm are developed to keep the birds attracted to the farm. Love potions are also used on the planks of wood in the Edible Birds Nest house, which appeals to birds.

The Edible Birds Nest has great culinary value in Asian culture, especially in China. Manufacturers from Malaysia, Indonesia and many other countries manufacture and supply Edible Birds Nests to China. As such, It has become a lucartive business opportunity to many Asian countries to exporting Edible Birds Nest to China.
The swifltet birds have to be handled very delicately in the Edible Birds Nest houses. In the view of commercial value of their nests, PremiumEdible Birds NestMalaysia.com does not forget that they are also little creations of Nature. The birds are allowed to breed in their natural habitats. Manual cleaning of Edible Birds Nests is performed by skilled workers. The manual cleaning of Edible Birds Nests is an elaborate process, but this does not cease PremiumEdible Birds NestMalaysia.com from performing the operations with honesty.
Our workers collect the Edible Birds Nests from the caves or farmhouses and bring them to the warehouse for further processing. According to the rules of Department of Standards Malaysia, we wash the Edible Birds Nests with distilled water. Specialized tools are then used to clean every little corner of the nests from grass, feathers, and foreign bodies. At last, forceps are used to clean the left over outside elements. We do not use any chemicals and bleaches during the cleaning process.

About Edible Birds Nest

Edible Birds Nest is one among the major traditional food supplements in China. The tradition of consumption of Edible Birds Nest in China can be traced back to centuries when it was considered as a royal tribute. Edible Birds Nest of swiftlet bird is typically consumed in many other countries as well. The strands of swiftlet’s saliva make up a beautiful combination of nutrients, which westerners consider as “EDIBLE BIRDS NEST”.
South East Asia is mainly concentrated in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Burma. Among these countries, Malaysia is the best producer of Edible Birds Nest. People who are fond of eating Edible Birds Nest regard quality as the top priority.
PremiumEdible Birds NestMalaysia.com supplies Edible Birds Nests that are rich in crucial nutrients. This unique production by the little golden swallow brings about brilliant health effects for people who consume Edible Birds Nest in small quantities over a long time. Many categories of people like beauty conscious people, pregnant women, health conscious people, elderly people, and children have benefitted from Edible Birds Nests.

Benefits of Edible Birds Nest

– Edible Birds Nest nurtures the lungs, prevents cough by dissolving phlegm, improves skin tone, and provides many other benefits.
– As a beauty-enhancing product, Edible Birds Nest has been used since many centuries in China.
– Edible Birds Nest has also been proven to cure weaknesses of the body and boost immune system.
– The water-soluble proteins of Edible Birds Nest stimulate growth of cells, enhance metabolism, and inhibits gastric acids.

Edible Birds Nest Types

There are two types of places to develop the nests of swiftlets:
In the caves
In the cultivated or abandoned houses

1自然洞穴 Cave nests

洞燕窝通常在收获马来西亚，即沙巴和砂拉越的天然洞穴、岩洞及悬崖上。由于受到大自然气候及天然环境所影响，专捕食天然杂虫，所以一般也相信它们所制的燕槽比较高营养,也因为采集风险高，价格也水涨船高。燕窝的质地比较韧及硬，颜色比较深、外形不讨好、杂质较多、浸炖时间较长及爽口，
Cave nests are usually harvested in the natural caves of Malaysian states namely, Sabah and Sarawak. These caves vary in height and size, but they are typically found on lofty cliffs elevated against the sea. These kinds of nests usually contain more feather and dirt than the other variant.

2.人工屋育House Nests

这类燕窝是在屋檐或是人工燕屋下系统化培养。这种燕巢的质地比洞穴巢顺滑，它包含较少的杂质和羽毛。因此，燕窝可以保留其月牙或碗型或羽毛这也提高采集效益，经过消毒精选，和洞燕相比成本可以大大减低，也不失其原有营养价值。
These nests are made by swiftlets under the house roof in the countryside. House nests are harvested from swallow houses. The texture of this kind of nests is smoother than the cave nests, and it contains lesser contaminants and feathers. Therefore, it is possible to retain the crescent kind of bowl or the cupped hand shape of the nest even after the feathers are removed.

燕子类型分为白燕窝，黄燕窝，血燕窝。

In these places, the following types of golden Edible Birds Nests spring up- white Edible Birds Nest, yellow Edible Birds Nest, and blood Edible Birds Nests. After the nests are taken off the houses, they need to be cleaned and processed before delivery. Malaysia single-handedly sends millions of Edible Birds Nests to Chinese communities all over the world. The main consumer countries of Edible Birds Nests include China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

Edible Birds Nest Types

燕窝的品质：Quality of Edible Birds Nest

In terms of quality of Edible Birds Nest, they are classified into different categories such as:
Cave Edible Birds Nest 洞燕盏
House Edible Birds Nest 屋燕盏
Feather Edible Birds Nest 毛燕盏
Grass Edible Birds Nest 草燕盏
燕窝的处理分为：Although the benefits of Edible Birds Nests are innumerable to overwhelm anyone, but there are only two variants of Edible Birds Nests-:
Unprocessed Edible Birds Nests or Raw Edible Birds Nests 未经处理燕盏
Processed Edible Birds Nests or Clean Edible Birds Nests 已经处理燕盏
形状也分别为：条状，片状，饼状，粒状，散状
The nests come in different shapes such as strips, whole pieces, cakes, pieces, balls and broken pieces.

5 ways to cook Edible Birds Nest

One of the ingredients in Edible Birds Nest is nests that are actually made out of bird saliva, which has dried and hardened.

1. Hawaiian Papaya with Edible Birds Nest

Ingredients:
•8 grams (a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•20 grams of rock sugar.
•1 cup of water.
•1 ripe Hawaiian papaya.
•1 slice of fresh lime.
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Drain the water using a strainer.
•Prepare rock sugar syrup. Put some rock sugar in a cooking pot and add 1 cup of hot water. Stir from time to time while simmering until the rock sugar melts completely. Generally, we recommend using 20 grams of rock sugar for every cup (250 ml) of water.
•Place the Edible Birds Nest in the bowl, then add rock sugar syrup.
•Steam for 30 minutes, then remove the water using a strainer.
•Slice Hawaiian papaya in half.
•Add lime juice to the papaya to taste.
•Put Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) with rock sugar on top of the papaya.
•Serve cold.

2. Edible Birds Nest with Braised Ham

Ingredients:
•4 grams (half a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•200ml Chinese ham stock (or chicken stock).
•3 Little bok choy.
•Salt.
•Light soy sauce.
•Cornstarch.
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Remove from water and steam for 30 minutes.
•Transfer into a soup bowl, arrange bok choy on top and pour over the stock.
•Season with some salt and light soy sauce, thicken with cornstarch mixture.
•Serve hot.

3. Edible Birds Nest in Braised Chicken with Ginseng

Ingredients:
•8 grams (a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•Chicken breast.
•Chicken bones for soup stock.
•2 sprigs of green onion.
•2 slices of fresh ginger root.
•2-4 slices of Red Korean Ginseng.
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Drain the water using a strainer.
•Place chicken bones, the breast and ginseng in 6 cups of water. Add the green onions. Bring to boil and then simmer for 45 minutes. Discard the bones and the green onion. Salt to taste.
•Add Edible Birds Nest (pre-soaked and stewed) in the bowl.
•Serve hot.

4. Edible Birds Nest Egg Tart

Ingredients:
•4 grams (half a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•240 grams of flour.
•1/4 tea spoon of baking powder.
•120 grams of butter.
•2-3 table spoon of cold water.
For the Filling:
•1 1/2 measuring cups of water.
•6 eggs.
•1/4 measuring cup of evaporated milk.
Seasoning:
•1/8 tsp salt.
•150g sugar.
•1/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract).
Method:
•Pre-soak and stew the dry Edible Birds Nest. See instructions.
•Short crust pastry: Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Add in butter and 2-3 tbsp cold water; rub into dough.
•Fillings: Pour water and sugar into saucepan; boil over low heat until sugar melts. Whisk eggs; pour in bowl which contains evaporated milk and vanilla essence. Slowly pour the water with sugar into whisked egg mixture; stir well and filter out residues. Let cool.
•Roll dough into thin sheet with rolling pin. Cut tart crusts out from dough with round cookie-shaped cutter; press well into tart molds. Pour some Edible Birds Nest into each tart.
•Pour egg mixture in to fill around 70% to 80% of the tarts. Bake at 200 degree Celsius for 7 minutes.
•Serve.

5. Edible Birds Nest with Rock Sugar

Ingredients:
•8 grams (a piece) of dry Edible Birds Nest.
•40 grams of rock sugar.
•2 cups of water.
Method:
•Pre-soak dry Edible Birds Nest. See pre-soaking instructions.
•Drain the water using a strainer.
•Prepare rock sugar syrup. Put some rock sugar in a cooking pot and add 2 cups of hot water. Stir from time to time while simmering until the rock sugar melts completely. Generally, we recommend using 20 grams of rock sugar for every cup (250 ml) of water.
•Place the Edible Birds Nest in the bowl, then add rock sugar syrup.
•Steam for 30 minutes.
•Serve hot or cold.

Edible Birds Nest is a spoonful of legend

As I swallowed another spoonful of bird spit soup, I wondered, not for the first time, about what makes people prize one dish above all others.

How deep Edible Birds Nests roots go into the collective Chinese soul.

Take this soup, for instance. Properly known as Edible Birds Nest, it’s been a prized delicacy in China and among Chinese people for 1,200 years. The best nests were reserved as gifts for emperors and empresses, who ruled China as gods incarnate. That’s how deep Edible Birds Nests roots go into the collective Chinese soul.
At some point, a cook was hungry enough to boil Edible Birds Nests and have a swig. Maybe this particular brand was prized because it was devilishly hard to get. Tiny swiftlets use their sticky saliva to build nests onto seaside cliffs and cave walls, to save them from predators. That’s not enough to keep them away from the humans who consider the nest powerful medicine, and are therefore willing to pay more for the bird spit nests, pound for pound, than silver.

Edible Birds Nest is a spoonful of legend

So there I was at a table inside Sun Restaurant Buffalo, 1989 Niagara St., feeling downright unappreciative, unworthy almost, of this spoonful of bird spit. Across the table, proprietor Kevin Lin explained he was selling Edible Birds Nest for $40 a bowl.
That’s zero profit, he said. “I want to have it because I come from Edible Birds Nest region,” Lin said. “Because it’s a good thing, so good for you, and we want to let people get good things, like us.”
I could only nod, because the most expensive ingredient sold in a Buffalo restaurant tastes like nothing. I said so to Lin, and he shook his head. I wasn’t getting the point. “You want flavor? I recommend tom yum soup. Five dollars.”
The jellylike strands had a slippery spaghetti texture, yet no discernible taste beyond sweetness from the rock sugar the meticulously cleaned nests were steamed with. It occurred to me that here was a food whose value had nothing to do with its flavors or eating qualities, and everything to with its cultural history. Or in Hollywood terms, the backstory.
While trade in Edible Birds Nests has been recorded since the T’ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), famed 15th century Chinese admiral Zheng He is also credited with starting the Chinese belief in the medicinal powers of Edible Birds Nest. As the story goes, shipwrecked sailors scavenging for food found the nests, and He told them to clean and cook them. A few days later, the sailors were full of vim and vigor, and He figured he should tell the emperor.

The nests have been credited with a long list of benefits

The rest, as they say, is legend. The fact that they were cleaned, dried strips of bird saliva didn’t stop yan wo, literally “Edible Birds Nest,” from becoming one of the most prized tonics in traditional Chinese medicine. The nests have been credited with a long list of benefits, including ensuring strong children for pregnant women and erasing wrinkles for mature matrons, providing lifelong immunity boosts for children and enhancing sexual prowess for men.
Which is why the nests have been harvested across China, Malaysia and other coastal Asian regions as long as the Chinese have been buying them. Teams of gatherers scale bamboo ladders and dangle from ropes to get at the nests. It’s the biggest cash crop for some villages.
If they’re careful, gatherers take nests no more than twice in an egg-laying season, or the birds can’t rebuild in time. There have been documented cases of overharvesting driving off swiftlet colonies. But the hardy little bird has confounded man’s hunger for centuries, and is not listed as endangered.
Recognizing their value, Thai, Burmese and Indonesian entrepreneurs have been building condos for Edible Birds Nest, purpose-built structures as tall as apartment buildings. They’re honeycombed with alcoves where swifts can nest, lured by recorded swiftlet calls broadcast over loudspeakers.
The Lins’ story starts with Stephanie, Kevin’s wife. She’s Burmese too, but her father was ethnic Chinese, and started feeding her Edible Birds Nest when she was 2. He could afford it, because he owned a pineapple canning factory and was rich, by Burmese standards.
The Burmese have no particular affinity for Edible Birds Nest, Kevin Lin explained. The Burmese government controlled the nests’ collection and export, as a precious commodity. But Stephanie’s mother got the nests from a black market source, and made soup the traditional way, steaming the nests with rock sugar.
“Stephanie’s father would wake her up at 2:30 [a.m.] to drink Edible Birds Nest,” Kevin Lin said. The nest’s medicinal qualities are best absorbed on an empty stomach, fans say. She got it perhaps four times a year, and believes it helps keep her healthy today. Her husband’s a believer, too. “I am a healthy man, but her family, her older sister never get sick. So I suspect Edible Birds Nest.”
Despite the lack of Chinese background, Kevin knows about Edible Birds Nests. At 21, before he met Stephanie, he was a Edible Birds Nest smuggler, he said. He’d buy them in Burma and sell them in Thailand for twice the price, he said.
“Whole time I sell it I never eat one piece,” said Lin. “Too expensive.”
The first time he drank it was on his wedding day with Stephanie, in 1997. His mother-in-law fed it to him. Asked if its effects were felt that night, he just chuckled.
In December, Lin returned from a trip to Burma with a bag of Edible Birds Nests, determined to put it on the menu.
So that’s why his menu now includes traditional Edible Birds Nest, $40, steamed with rock sugar; in chicken soup with ginseng, another honored Chinese medicine, $50; and Edible Birds Nest over a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
“I invent this one,” Lin said. “This is Western Edible Birds Nest. Like cake.”
At home, the Lin boys are getting their dose too.
They were a little wary at first, but the rock sugar won them over, Stephanie said.
“Now every morning they want it,” she said. “Mom! Edible Birds Nest!”

Edible Birds Nest Price

The benefits of Edible Birds Nest are proven in China from many centuries and it forms one of the major staple foods of the country. Even after such huge demand for the product in China, the country is not allowed to harvest Edible Birds Nests. This gives great opportunity to other Asian countries to cash the opportunity. No doubt, that Edible Birds Nest fetches huge prices from China because of its nutritional value. Depending upon the season of cultivation, species of swiflet bird, quantity, and quality of Edible Birds Nests, the House nest prices may range between RM 8,000 to RM 12,000 per kg. And Cave nest may range between RM 13,000 to RM 18, 000 per kg.

This price gives soaring margins to the manufacturers since the cultivating costs of Edible Birds Nests is just a fraction of the selling price. However, to earn maximum benefits, they need to maintain high quality and restrict the use of chemicals and bleaches during the cleaning process.
In the past, China had temporarily banned the import of Edible Birds Nests because of the presence of high quantities of nitrite in the products. Owing to factors, which leads the industry to crash sometimes, the prices of the raw Edible Birds Nests may drop or fluctuate according to the market demand. However not any more if you buying from us. We are here to ensure the consistency of stock, quality, stringent cleaning process so that you can enjoy the greatest taste & yet the benefits of the premium Edible Birds Nest.

Edible Birds Nest Types

There are two types of places to develop the nests of swiftlets:
In the caves
In the cultivated or abandoned houses

1自然洞穴 Cave nests

2.人工屋育House Nests

燕子类型分为白燕窝，黄燕窝，血燕窝。

燕窝的品质：Quality of Edible Birds Nest

Benefits Of Edible Birds Nest

According to Compendium of Meteria Medica, Edible Birds Nest has a mild and gentle essence with benefits of strengthening the lungs, nourishing kidneys and improving spleen. It also enhances “qi” flow (“life energy”), reinforces the immune system and prevents coughs. It is widely viewed as the best health diet for those recovering from severe illness.
Studies conducted by nutritionists in the United States showed that the nutritional value of 1000g of dry nest includes 499g of water-soluble protein, 429g of calcium and 18 types of essential amino acid while 8 out of the 18 can’t be synthesized by the humans, and therefore must be supplied in the diet. It also contains 2 types of collagen that increases the speed of cell division that results in stimulating cell regeneration.
Easily digested and absorbed by human body, Edible Birds Nest is suitable for people of all ages. After regular and long term consumption of Edible Birds Nest, women will find their youth prolonged especially their skin remain youthful, men find strength and energy, and elderly find health while children find their appetite and healthier body. Moreover, an expecting mother who consumes Edible Birds Nest during her pregnancy strengthens the immune system of the baby.

Benefits Of Edible Birds Nest

The Nutritional Value Of Edible Birds Nest

Most researchers have confirmed that pure Edible Birds Nests mainly contain water-soluble protein, fat, 8 types of essential amino acids, and elements such as sodium, iodine and other beneficial nutrients as well. Amino acids are the basic building blocks for protein and they must be supplied in the diet. They are lysine, methionine, leonine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine, isoleucine.
Lysine readily converts its epsilon carbon then to carbon dioxide, helping to form glutamic acid. Methionine produces two other sulphur containing amino acids, cysteine and taurine. Leucine promotes the healing of bones, skin, and muscle tissue after traumatic injury, and is often recommended for those recovering from surgery. It is also popular among surgeons and athletes as supplements. Valine is a vital nutrient for babies because it helps regulate blood sugar and stimulate the central nervous system for proper mental functioning.

How to choose quality Edible Birds Nest

The Edible Birds Nest should appear clean, without the presence of visible hairs and particles. The method and facility in which the Edible Birds Nest was cleaned is important as well.

Spotting the Real deal

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Edible Birds Nest is commonly consumed as a beauty food and has been valued for having beneficial health properties such as boosting the immune system and stimulating cell growth and tissue repair. Though many are aware of the benefits of Edible Birds Nest, and how highly priced they are, most are unaware of how to choose Edible Birds Nest and to differentiate quality ones from fakes.
The Edible Birds Nests displayed in stores or packaging have come a long way, namely undergoing a labour intensive cleaning process. Edible Birds Nest which are just taken down are very dirty and smelly. Nobody will think of consuming them at all if they see the condition.

The Different Grades

The highest grade of Edible Birds Nest is the purest as it is 90% edible upon harvesting and requires the least amount of processing and cleaning to have it consumption-ready. Edible Birds Nest of this grade have thicker strands, stronger aroma when cooked, and are often white, gold, or blood-red in colour.
Nests that are 50% and 10% edible upon harvesting fall respectively under the second and third grade – and their prices range accordingly. The nests of these grades bear a crispier consistency when cooked as the fibres are less compact.

Things to consider

Here are a few criteria to consider when choosing Edible Birds Nest:
Size and volume
The most popular shapes are boat or spoon shape. If swiftlets build their nests on the corner of two walls, the shape of the nest will become triangular. This change in shape has no effect on the nutritional value. Wider and thicker Edible Birds Nest cups are of high quality.
Colour and purity
White Edible Birds Nests are slightly ivory in colour. Yellow Edible Birds Nests are slightly 'beige’ or ‘golden’. Red (blood) Edible Birds Nests are red in colour due to the red cave wall’s mineral deposition into the nest. If the Edible Birds Nest is extremely white, it may have been bleached, which greatly reduces the nutrition content. Cleaned high-quality Edible Birds Nest should be in natural colour, without any soil, sand and moss.
Density and volume after soaking
If threads are thinner and closer, gaps are few, and the size is large and thicker, Edible Birds Nest cups will expand more after soaking. The different grades have different expansion ratios. The greater the expansion.

Here's a cheat list for you

In Summary, good Edible Birds Nest should possess one or more of these following traits:
• Fine and firm texture
• Thick and big size, boat-shaped
• Slight fishy smell
• Dry to the touch (little moisture content)
• Minimal amount of feathers
• Smaller edge size

How to Cook Edible Birds Nest

Wondering what to make your mum for Mother’s Day this Sunday? We give you two recipes to make the most out of this premium Chinese delicacy

Swiftlets spit and build their nests with it. Men scale heights and risk their lives to harvest it, and consumers pay big bucks to eat it. Edible Birds Nest, a pale resin-like substance made up of interwoven strands of salivary laminae cement, is something that most Chinese mothers would love to eat on Mother's Day. It can be prepared either as a savoury soup or a dessert. Below, we give you recipes for both.

How to Cook Edible Birds Nest

Nutrition

Edible Birds Nest is believed to boost the immune system and raise the libido. Women believe that eating it daily enhances their complexion, making it a perfect gift for mums. Edible Birds Nest contains high levels of protein, calcium, iron, potassium and magnesium. In fact, Edible Birds Nest itself is almost tasteless; it requires additional effort to render it tasty.

Varieties

Generally, there are three types of Edible Birds Nest, and they are easily recognisable through their colour: red, white and yellow. The red variety nest owes its hue to metal pigments found in the iron oxide cave walls to which the nests cling; it is the most prized and comes with a price tag to match.
The white variety is more popular and more readily available. Its texture is the smoothest of the three, hence its popularity. But when buying white Edible Birds Nest, in particular, be cautious of its source. It is known that some suppliers heavily bleach their products to obtain the valued whiteness — so ensure that you buy from a reliable retailer. The last variety — yellow Edible Birds Nest — contains the most minerals and has a crunchier bite to its texture.
Raw Edible Birds Nest usually comes in two forms: complete pieces or broken pieces. Naturally, the complete pieces command a higher price while the other is more affordable. However, the nutritional value of both is the same.

Preparation

To lessen the hassle of preparation, you could buy Edible Birds Nests that have already been cleaned, i.e. with all pinfeathers and foreign particles removed. The little extra that you might have to pay for it would be worth it, as removing such numerous and minute particles by hand can be, as you might imagine, very painstaking and tedious.

To prepare dried Edible Birds Nest, following the following steps:

• Allocate 15g of Edible Birds Nest per person.
• Soak Edible Birds Nest in water for 24 hours.
• Change the water at least twice during this process.
• Using a pair of tweezers, remove pinfeathers and foreign particles.
• Drain water from the Edible Birds Nest.
• Put Edible Birds Nest in a bowl, pour hot water and drain immediately. The Edible Birds Nest is ready for cooking.
• Papaya with Edible Birds Nest

Method:

• Boil 100g crushed rock sugar in 1.5L mineral water until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Place 300g papaya (cut into 2cm x 2.5cm pieces), 50g white fungus (soaked for 2 hours) and 60g pre-cleaned Edible Birds Nest in a double-boiler.
• Steam for at least two hours. Adjust the sweetness of the soup and
• serve immediately.
• Double-Boiled Edible Birds Nest with Pigeon

Method:

• Put 2 prepared pigeons; 60g pre-cleaned Edible Birds Nest; 100g pre-soaked dried longan; 100g dried arrow root (soaked overnight); 1.75L mineral water and 1/2 tsp salt into a double-boiler.
• Steam for four to six hours. Season with salt and serve immediately.

Types Of Edible Birds Nest

Workers use bamboo ladders, scaffoldings and rope ladders to climb the cave walls in order to harvest the nests. This high-skilled work has been a local tradition for generations.
Cave nests are mostly found in tall and steep cave walls which making nest-harvesting a high-risk profession. These nests usually contained high volume of feathers and debris that required intensive cleaning and are later made into strips or chunks. Its rarity makes the price extremely high.

House Edible Birds Nest is found uniquely in coastal areas of Southeast Asia. With its geographical and climate advantages, the local people have transformed regular buildings into the ideal breeding ground for swiftlets thus called Bird’s House.
Unlike the common swallows, swiftlets are smaller in size (roughly about 11~12cm) and have a rather glittering greyish brown back. They have narrow wings and short tail feathers, which make them excellent in flight. Their legs are tiny, not suitable for walking. They spend most of the day in flight.
Swiftlets hunt during the day and return to the birdhouse at dusk. Adequately moist, these custom-built buildings provide an optimal nesting ground for the birds.
Even though their tiny legs may seem weak, swiftlets clutch firmly at the outer wall of their nests when resting. They never stay inside the nest.
People commonly think that consuming Edible Birds Nest would render swiftlets homeless. In fact, these nests are constructed for laying eggs. After the swiftlets grown up and flew off, the nests are then abandoned and can be readily harvested.
Nest-collectors will carry out monitoring scheme regularly and harvest only after baby chicks hatch, grow and leave the nest. The periodical monitoring and caretaking have contributed to the increase rate of birth and survival of the swiftlets in recent years.